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Larry Drake Hansen v. Salt Lake City Corporation

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 18-4104 · judgment March 4, 2019


Certiorari denied · October 21, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

Under Supreme Court Rule 10(c) a) Petitioner questions the correctness of the Appeals Courts' access-to-the-courts cases as noted in Christopher v. Harbury, 536 U.S. 403 at n.9 (2002); as well as, as applied to the facts here and municipal liability. b) Petitioner, amongst potential future plaintiffs, need clarification of municipal liability in backward-looking access-to-the-courts cases, as well as, as applied. Petitioner respectfully requests erudite and perspicacious review and a holding and dicta cementing the apparent lacuna between the Courts of Appeals and this Court regarding municipal liability and backward-looking access-to-the-courts claims. c) Thereafter answering “b)” - Petitioner questions the correctness of the judgments of the District Court of Utah and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decisions, de novo. For example^ l) Did Plaintiff/Petitioner state a claim upon which relief may be granted? Harbury at 416. The District Court and Defendant both failed to meaningfully address Petitioner's Monellx Canton x Tuttle x Connickx Harbury (etc..) (municipal liability access claim) as it relates to Petitioner's State of Utah Constitutional right to a remedy (Section 1, Article ll) — the 10th Circuit declined to enter such a "morass;" and, 2) Should the opinions below be vacated, reversed and remanded, with leave to amend, and/or with instructions consistent with opinion?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Larry Drake Hansen

For respondent
Catherine L. Brabson
Salt Lake City Attorney's Office

Case

Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 21, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 21 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 02 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
  3. Sep 11 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Salt Lake City Corporation to respond filed.
  4. Jun 28 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 7, 2019)